In 2017, parents need to teach their children how to responsibly use the internet. Problematically, many parents don’t even have the...
How to Maximze Your Teen’s Ability To Learn

The adolescent mind is a chaotic one. Not only is the brain going through a critical period of growth and...
How Kids Learn to Be Helpless

Many kids who struggle at school do so not because they are incapable of success, but because they have learned to believe that...
Who Are You, and What Have You Done With My Kid?! Understanding Adolescence: Part 2 of 2

So we’ve gone over the neurological, psychological, and social changes that characterize adolescence in Part 1 of this 2 part...
Who Are You, and What Have You Done With My Kid?! Understanding Adolescence: Part 1 of 2

Parents with young teens understand better than anyone that adolescence is a period of substantial change for their children, but...
Fentanyl and Youth Drug Use in Ottawa – Education and Resources

All throughout the news in Ottawa, parents are made aware of the rising presence and danger of Fentanyl in the illicit...
Finding a Part-Time Job That Doesn’t Suck

Finding and working a part-time job, for many, is a simple rite of passage through the teenage years. With no...
5 Red Flags of Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a term that is used to describe children who engage in a consistent pattern of angry, argumentative,...
Understanding Social Media Addiction

It is a simple fact that human beings seek dopamine release. The ‘pleasure chemical’ in our brains, dopamine is associated...
Managing Ottawa Youth ADHD

There is very little knowledge, and far too much opinion, about ADHD in the western world. Stigma follows the diagnosis,...